First Alert Weather Alert: Widespread rain for Thursday
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) - Air Quality Alert: The Imperial County APCD has declared a MANDATORY wood-burning curtailment for Imperial Valley and El Centro until midnight tonight.
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We have a big changes still on the way as an atmospheric river approaches the Desert Southwest.
A FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY will go into effect THURSDAY for moderate to even heavy rain on-and-off throughout the day, which could lead to flooding in our area.
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The atmospheric river is set up as a narrow band of extreme moisture, which is funneled into the Desert Southwest and could bring significant rainfall.
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The bulk of the rain will fall starting Thursday afternoon/evening for our area.
There is a possibility where isolated thunderstorms could develop.
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Rain totals across the Desert Southwest are looking between a tenth to a half of an inch for Thursday afternoon through the night.
This is just an estimate, values could be more or less as the storm approaches.
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For Friday gustier winds will arrive in the forecast as it will be breezy to windy across the area.
Highest gusts up to 35 MPH is possible.
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A FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY will stay in effect for Thursday, but we will dry things out for a few days before another system arrives early next week bringing more chances for rain.
There is also a following cold front coming in with these couple of weather systems, which will cool our temperatures well below normal with highs in the 60s starting Thursday.
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